Jake Arrieta

The Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes and the Marlins’ trade of slugger Giancarlo Stanton to the Yankees have dominated the winter meetings and delayed some momentum by several teams, but agent Scott Boras tried to make up for lost time discussing the future of free agent Jake Arrieta.

In the case of the Cubs, Boras credited team Chairman Tom Ricketts and President Theo Epstein for the planning and success of the franchise that has increased its value to $2 billion.

“This is really a matter of an intellectual choice for them,” Boras said Wednesday. “And the road to Playoffville is about winning big games at big times. And the one thing that Jake Arrieta has done is he’s done that...

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